Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dalwhat Water

Dalwhat Water, a stream of Glencairn parish, W Dumfriesshire, rising at an altitude of 1680 feet within ¼ mile of the Kirkcudbrightshire border, and running 10 miles east-south-eastward, till, ¾ mile below Moniaive, it unites with Craigdarroch and Castlefern Waters to form Cairn Water.—Ord. Sur., sh. 9,1863.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a stream"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Glencairn Parish       Dumfries Shire County

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